Ascertain when they are done by thrusting a fork in them, and take them up the moment they feel soft through; for if they are left in the water afterwards, they become waxy or watery.
A beautiful, mellow yellow to drab variegated variety, very close in texture and almost waxy in appearance, is found near Siena, and is known as Siena marble.
It is a soft mineral of different shades of green, of waxy luster, and susceptible of a high polish.
Mealy bugs are characterised in the female by the nature of the waxy protective secretion which forms a powdery meal-like covering over the body, but is developed as a fringe of leg-like processes at the side (Fig.
Perfect butter is golden in color, waxy in consistency, and with a sweetness of odor quite indescribable, yet unmistakable to the trained judge of butter.
Poor Mr. Waxywas obliged to laugh, but he took his departure immediately; and of course, directly there was a move, the ladies went to bed.
Mr. Waxy shook his head with an air of mild deprecation.
Blythe stepped forward, and, drawing back his right arm, left the quickly-crimsoning imprint of his palm upon Jesse's waxy cheek.
If desired they may be stained subsequently in picrocarmine or methyl violet if waxy degeneration also be present.
Another section should be stained in osmic acid, followed by methyl violet, as waxy and fatty degeneration frequently co-exist.
Methyl violet again stains healthy tissues blue, and parts affected with waxy degeneration a red-violet colour.
Horn of the hoof sound, and of a clear, waxy color.
Horn of the hoof sound, and of a clear waxy color.
Horns, light, tapering, of a waxy color, somewhat long and spreading gaily towards the tips.
Foot flat and in shape of an oblong semi-circle; horn of the hoof sound, and of a clear, waxy color.
Why are the leaves and fruit of so many plants protected by a thin layer of waxy matter (like the common cabbage), or with fine hair, so that when such leaves or fruit are immersed in water they appear as if encased in thin glass?
Many thanks for the facts about the effect of rain and mud in relation to the waxy secretion.
I have made many observations on the waxy secretion on leaves which throw off water (e.
I should think or guess [that] waxy pollen was most differentiated.
Frontal sac only in males; the waxymatter of a yellow colour, and quite transparent.
At other times it presents a transparent or waxy appearance.
Various designations have been applied to this condition of the organ; thus it has been entitled waxy liver and lardaceous liver, because of the apparent resemblance to wax and lard respectively.
Haematemesis is generally absent in gastric ulcer resulting from waxy disease of the gastric blood-vessels.
Grainger Stewart, "On Hemorrhage from Waxyor Amyloid Degeneration," Br.
Gastric ulcer is occasionally associated with waxy degeneration of the arteries of the stomach.
A heavy scent, like that of tuberoses, greets us as we approach; it comes from the white waxy blossoms of the frangipani lying in that cardboard saucer with all the heads put outwards like the spokes of a wheel.
Standard roses like bridesmaids' bouquets, white geraniums, waxy pink ones that you would never see out of a greenhouse at home.
He thrust his head among the bright waxy flowers, sly and laughing.
The subsoil consists of a heavy yellow to yellowish-brown waxy clay.
The waxypetals turn brown soon after such handling, and all their natural beauty departs.
These waxy berries have taken the place of the central cluster of small flowers, which were surrounded in spring by the four large, white bracts.
The leaves are like green needles, stiff, sharp-pointed, withwaxy resin on the brown twigs, that makes your fingers sticky.
A solid field of green, waxy leaves and upright purple spikes, jammed tight and moving.
Mr. Pericles administered consolation to his moustache by twisting it into long waxy points.
Mr. Pericles twisted the waxy points of his moustache.
I was a bit waxyand warm with a-carrying of yer; for you are a bit heavy, sir.
She had eaten heartily, but all the color had left her face, which had assumed a waxy pallor under her heavy hair, which was still damp.
Showing a waxy pallor, she had remained erect, motionless, in the middle of her little drawing-room.
He decided to pay no further attention to her imagining; and moved to the phonograph, where he selected one of a small number of waxy cylinders.
Amygdaloid benzoin consists chiefly of white pieces, becoming, later on, brownish, of a waxy lustre and imbedded in a lustrous brown-red resinous mass.
Ambergris is a fatty, waxy substance, often found floating on the sea on the coasts of Arabia, Madagascar, Japan, etc.
It forms grains or lumps of a red-yellow or brown color, and has a fracture of a waxy lustre.
This chapter is one of varied material, and I now pass abruptly from fresh emerald leaflets to the waxy crystals stewed out of the fat of a monster's head.
Pinkus, that the waxy mixture of which the bust is composed consists in definite proportion of spermaceti.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "waxy" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word. Other words: angry; choleric; greasy; heated; irate; mad; pissed; plastic; wrathful; wroth
